wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
I played back in the days when more or less anything went on the ref's blind side, but I cannot remember anybody kicking anybody in the head.
Shute Shield 2023
- Thread starter The Ghost of Raelene
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Eyes and Ears
Desmond Connor (43)
There were plenty of players sent off for stomping to the head in the "rucking" days
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Loving the revival of the Two Blues this year.
rugbyfan90
Chris McKivat (8)
2nd Grade for Hunter have had the same coach all preseason and in-season... And he's from Newcastle... he's still there.
CoinboxSoldier
Banned
Them and West harbour being competitive is great for the comp as there are no easy games anymore
CoinboxSoldier
Banned
Good to see the wildfire going well a close comp is a sensational comp I used to hate years ago where the emus,two blues and pirates would try hard but would get lapped.
I'll give the emus credit the emus burger was awesome
I'll give the emus credit the emus burger was awesome
The Ghost of Raelene
Tim Horan (67)
Jude Gibbs - 10, Norths
Tom Silk - 6,7, Randwick (made his name at Gordon previously) Don't know where he's been the last 12 months but he was killing it before that and he'll help Randwick go to another level.
Most others would be on some sort of contract/development deal through U20s
Tom Silk - 6,7, Randwick (made his name at Gordon previously) Don't know where he's been the last 12 months but he was killing it before that and he'll help Randwick go to another level.
Most others would be on some sort of contract/development deal through U20s
Zac Barnabus, Ollie Horne and Yool Yool all very worthy of a shout out. All have been rewarded by Chris DeLooze after largely playing 2nds in 2022.
Dave Beat
Paul McLean (56)
huge standouts those 3 - and very well-balanced 1 - 23 plus the players stepping up.
I would have also included Oscar Guilding in that group as well -just wish he didn't get injured
CoinboxSoldier
Banned
The tahs are gone get the soldiers back to the Shute shield
A huge portion of that squad played 2/3s last year.
HarryElite
Ted Fahey (11)
let me know your thoughts on this:
Hunter - Freeman and Frans (I would add Tuala but he already is training with Tahs and has super rugby experience)
Manly - Fepuleai and Barnabas
Norths - Leber and Gersekowski (gibbs is good but i've seen him getting rattled under pressure)
Gordon - Fuli and Quinn (although hes out for the year again I hear)
Randwick - Houston - its hard to name any more as they pretty much so are all in tahs, even Silk was tahs training squad before last year going Japan and now back again
Eastwood - Bell and Nox. Icely already has played super as has Ala I think with Force
Uni - most are already in a super system between tahs, rebels and force
Two blues - Fonokalafi, Waqa, Siteine-Tua, Mausia
West Harbour - Tufuga
Easts - other than who they already have in super systems - nobody else is worthy
Souths - a lot of uk imports who are only here 1 season, although their fullback should be looked at (Wicks or Woods will poach him end of season)
Rats - Nobody
CoinboxSoldier
Banned
Sorry to ask this but when did the ABC stop showing Shute shield
John S
Ken Catchpole (46)
Years ago now. Probably around 2015 - 2017ish? Went to 7 for a time.
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
The season after Abbott was elected and stripped funding from the ABC and SBS (after promising before the election not to do that).
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John Thornett (49)
all major sports have slowly started selling 2nd tier tv rights over the past 5-7 years now
The Ghost of Raelene
Tim Horan (67)
Yeah, don't want to go down this path but it was the first thing ABC cut. Not a fluke that the sport followed by a lot of people the ABC hate got the ass so early.
Turned out to be a good thing for the Club Rugby fan. You can now watch all the games across states.
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John Thornett (49)
Agreed don't want to get into the politics of it all, but I do know in the afl it went to 7 as a part of the broadcast deal years ago.
The abc is still required to show the same amount of sport it did when it had the rights. Cuts or no cuts sport isn't replaced by anything else just a different sport.
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
Not to mention that televising a Sydney based competition did not make a lot of sense for a national broadcaster, eh?